Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

Scientists have unearthed in Spain fossilized facial bones roughly 1.1 million to 1.4 million years old that may represent a ...

Hominins evolved in Africa. The first species to occupy multiple continents was Homo erectus, and the first fossil evidence we have of them beyond Africa comes from Dmanisi in Georgia. These ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

The team suspects the specimens belonged to Homo erectus, a species well-known from fossils found in Africa and Asia but whose remains have never been conclusively found in Europe. The mountainous ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ...

They assigned the fossil the provisional name Homo affinis erectus in recognition of its affinities to certain Homo erectus traits. "These findings open a new line of research in the study of ...